Dead to me // Colby Brock

045 • 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 •

I huffed in exhaustion as I collapsed backwards onto my bed, my eyelids getting ready to shut. The clock on the wall showed me that the time was nearly seven o'clock but deep down it just felt like it was two in the morning.

The time I had spent with Leonardo was honestly amazing. We talked about anything, anyone, anywhere. Anything that came to our mind we both told each other without holding back, even if we talked over each other sometimes.

Leonardo had explained to me about his experience is in his gang and how everything worked. He was the youngest out of everyone in the gang so to his luck he got everything way more easier. But in the end of the day, he still had to do some dirty work.

The more I thought about it the more I started to realize that Leonardo and I's current life are kinda similar in a way. We both were the youngest in the groups and got everything more easier than everyone else, but unlike me, Leonardo had to do some pretty bad things.

''Hey, how was it?'' I hear Colby's voice come from the bedroom door pulling me out of my thoughts. ''It was actually really fun, well except the fact that Leonardo showed up very late but besides that, everything else went perfect'' I answer sitting up and propping myself on my elbows so I could see him.

Colby looked remarkably good today. There was something about him today that really stood out to me but I couldn't put my figure on it. His clothes and hair were like any other day so to why I find him so attractive kind of confused me.

I feel like ever since the morning I had woken up in his arms I felt a strange type of attraction to him. It was as if now I could really see what life could be if we were more than friends.

''Well, that's Leonardo for you'' he smiles walking over to me and sitting down on the bed next to me.

Besides his looks, I couldn't control these thoughts at the back of my head that kept repeating what Leonardo had said to me about what Colby had done to him. I'm not going to lie to myself, Colby is a bad person, but his misunderstood and I knew there way more than this tough guy under all of that think skin.

''Yeah'' I reply back struggling on words to say to him. His soft blue eyes trailed along my face before falling onto my hands that are placed beside me. Well more exactly the ring on my figure. Leonardos ring.

His eyes studied the detailed ring for a second before falling back into one of his expressionless faces once again.

''What's on your hand?'' he asks me pointing at my figure. I sat up straight confused to why he was so curious by this ring on my finger. ''Oh Leonardo gave it to me'' I reply lifting my hand up to his face so he can see it.

He softly grabs my hand and lifts it closer to his face analyzing the ring before his eyes landed on the letters engraved on it. His jaw clenched and I felt his soft grip start to tightened around my hand.

''Andrea come here'' he suddenly says his voice coated in a dull tone. Andrea happily skips into the room before stopping right in front of us. ''What up?'' she questions giving us both a smile before noticing Colby's expressions and her smile dropped.

''Come here and look at this'' He demands and quickly Andrea walks over and looks down at the ring. Her face pulls in a confused expression as she looked back up at Colby. ''It's a ring'' she says the words coming out more as a question than a statement.

''No look at the letters on it, Andrea'' he states, and Andrea drags her eyes towards the ring once again before her eyes land on the engraved letters. She scanned them for a minute before her mouth dropped. A laugh mixed with surprise and nervousness escaped from her mouth as she raised her head back up, looking between Colby and I.

''You Brocks are always one-upping each other'' she says crossing her arms over her chest and jokingly shaking her head. ''tsk, tsk, tsk,'' she says making Colby roll his eyes in annoyance.

''Well does anyone care to explain what the letters mean'' I asked, confused to why they were having such a big reaction to my ring.

''Oh, you don't know?'' Andrea says, her tone of voice coming out surprised. ''Of course she doesn't shes still new to all of this stuff'' Colby huffs back dropping my hand from his grip leaving a warm feeling at his touch.

Andrea rolls her eyes at Colby's comment before walking over to the bed and sitting down in front of it.

''That ring you are wearing is a protection ring, the ring means that you are being protected by someone who is apart of a high power'' she explains to me. ''whoever gives you that ring means that you are their responsibility and that you are placed underneath their protection'' Colbys adds on.

''So by that ring it tells everyone that you are underneath Leonardo and his gang's protection, which is a big deal since Colby has-'' Andrea says before being stopped by a hard death stare that Colby was sending her.

''Because Colby was going to make some for us'' she corrects herself but I could tell by the tone of her voice she was lying.

Damn, why does everyone always have to hide things from me?

''Too bad that ring doesn't mean anything to me'' Colby suddenly says catching everyone's attention. He slowly stood up from the bed, his face displaying no emotions. ''Regardless of that stupid piece of metal or not, you are always underneath my protection no matter what'' he states crossing his arms over his chest.

He turned to me and kneeled down so we were the same height. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. He looked like a Greek god.

''What I said a couple of days ago wasn't true'' he states before standing up and walking out of the room leaving my head busy with thoughts.